I find myself a bit bewildered to realize that I have now been immersed in my PhD for a whole two weeks. Since Step 1 study period started, I've been looking forward to this period where I would have ...

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When I woke up this morning, I realized that there are just over 3 weeks until M2 year begins. The recent weeks have been full of public health research, exercise, travel, and relaxing. It has been re...

Despite Surgery being over for me for a few weeks now, I still can't quite believe it. I enjoyed the experience greatly, but it was all a bit surreal. I wake up now at 6am (which is fairly early when ...

As the title suggests, I still find it hard to believe that it even is summer (Floridian, what can I say). The truth is that summer is not only here, but officially passing by waaaaay too quickly. The...

Hey, thanks for taking the time to read my poorly-written, hopefully moderately entertaining post. As this is my first post, I would like to introduce myself. I was born in Pueblo, Colorado, a town of...

It's important to me to take time to self-reflect.  After studying today, I walked to the river by my apartment to read and write.  Some poets recently made me aware of an extensive list of poet...

Hey there summer! It's hard to believe that summer is finally here. The last few weeks of school were busy, but there was also time for some fun.

It's hard to believe that I finished the first rotation of my M3 year last week. It went by so fast! I started with the pediatrics rotation, which was an amazing experience. Interacting with patients ...

I can't quite believe that it's nearly the Fourth of July, when it seems like I have barely interacted with the real world since the beginning of March, when the Step 1 study period began. And now we'...

What a crazy couple of months!

A few weekends ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Bear River Writers' Conference in northern Michigan.  Living in a cabin by a lake, writing and workshopping poetry, meeting writers in Ann Ar...

M1 year is officially over!! I'm not ready to consider myself an M2 just yet, but I'm willing to respond to 'M1.5.' It's a step in the right direction, at least.